City and Colour - Settle Down [Kimbra cover, live] on Triple J's "Like a Version" (2012)

I know this video is from a couple of years ago, but I never saw it until this evening; and man, I am glad I did!

I don't have extensive amounts of time listening to Dallas Green and City and Colour (or Alexisonfire for that matter), but I do know and love his work on the Neverending White Lights song "The Grace."

Man, this sounds amazing! The guy has one of those voices that is just jaw-droppingly beautiful. It's so clean and thick tonally. Almost the sound of a perfectly clean and pristine sounding acoustic guitar. But it's HIS BLOODY VOICE, LOL.

I may really have to check out some City and Colour music, even if the style of music isn't typically my thing so much. His voice is just too good to sleep on alone. And this Kimbra cover is more evidence of that. Plus the arrangement is nice. Not a remake by any stretch. Very cool interpretation.

Kimbra - Settle Down (live) short film

this is quite an interesting look at how she creates the layers in that tune. It would be neat for them to do similar things with some of her other tunes as well.

link

Kimbra: Settle Down (Live) on Nowness.com.

Kimbra: Settle Down (Live)New Zealand's Pop Prodigy Multiplies Into a Formidable Beatboxing ChorusOne-woman, iPad-looping sensation Kimbra performs her breakout hit “Settle Down” in our exclusively commissioned and dynamic short by directors Us. Springing to global attention after featuring on Belgian chart-topping phenomenon Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” the soulful 22-year-old Kiwi dropped her debut album Vows in America last month. Us directing duo Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor filmed a single take of the track to capture the live energy of Kimbra’s performance, visually recreating her vocal loops in post-production. “She builds the entire song using just her vocals, some beatboxing and her iPad,” they explain. “It’s often quite hard to distinguish many layers of sound, so we wanted to break down the structure of her performance, and highlight what she was actually doing.” Currently touring the States with indie rockers Foster the People, NOWNESS caught up with Kimbra on the road to snare her choice of dance moves and drum kits.

Jet set or settle down?
Jet set!

Up or offbeat?
Offbeat.

Shuffle or playlist?
Playlist.

Vinyl or leather?
Leather.

Whiskey or wine?
Wine.

Twitter or Tumblr?
Twitter.

Bach or The Beatles?
The Beatles.

Hi-tech or lo-fi?
High-tech.

Pop art or pop tart?
Pop art.

A cappella or Acapulco?
A capella.

Drum kit or tool kit?
Drum kit made up of a tool kit.

Toe-tap or head-bop?
Head BANG.

Shimmy or shake?
Shake.

Dior or Dion (Celine)?
I'm down with Celine.

Solo or duet?
Duet... With D’Angelo, please?

1950s or 1990s?
50s for the style, 90s for the cheesy R&B.

Showgirl or playgirl?
Showgirl.

Beastie or Backstreet?
Backstreet!

Kimbra - Settle Down live SXSW

pretty similar to the "Settle Down" studio video linked here



pretty fucking annoying to see girls there on their cellphones though, but so typical/predictable.